Dems’ obsession with identity, ‘equity’ fails black Chicagoans and other commentary
Opinion by Post Editorial Board • 11h
Election watch: Dems’ Obsession With Identity
Last week “nearly 200,000 white women hopped on a two-hour Zoom call and reportedly raised at least $11 million for newly anointed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris,” reports USAToday’s Ingrid Jacques. “And then, not to be outdone, a bunch of self-proclaimed ‘white dudes’ joined a call Monday to do the same,” while “other groups have held similar calls.” Harris “has taken to calling [Donald] Trump and his running mate JD Vance ‘weird.’ I would counter that these segregated fundraisers are just plain weird, but they also speak to the Democratic Party’s obsession with race and gender.” Harris will “never get my vote because of her far-left policies. Period. It has nothing to do with her race or the fact she’s a woman.”
Urban beat: ‘Equity’ Fails Black Chicagoans
Chicago’s equity-driven “policies have undermined the four most important means of improving outcomes for black residents: public safety, public education, taxation, and public services,” thunders Paul G. Vallas at City Journal. “Too many restraints” placed on “proactive policing” and prosecutors “failing to charge violent criminals” do great harm to black Chicagoans. “In Chicago, only 6 percent of black students meet state standards in math and 17 percent in reading.” “Public insecurity, poor-quality schools, and eroding economic opportunity” have thwarted outside investment and fueled a black exodus. “As the Democratic conventioneers fret about their national prospects in November, they would do well to take a moment to question the results of the progressive equity agenda in their host city and state.”
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